Research Catalog

Title

The Second World War in Europe / S.P. Mackenzie.

Author

Mackenzie, S. P.

Publication

London ; New York : Addison Wesley Longman, 1999.

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Details

Description

vi, 150 p. : maps; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Seminar studies in history

Uniform Title

Seminar studies in history.

Alternative Title

2nd World War in Europe

Subject

• 1918-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Europe
• Europe > History > 1918-1945

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-144) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I: Background -- 1. The road to war -- The origins of the second world war -- Preparing for war -- II: The second world war -- 2. The flow of Blitzkrieg, 1939-42 -- Campaigns east and west, 1939-40 -- Strategies for survival and expansion, 1940-41 -- The limits of Blitzkrieg, 1941-42 -- 3. Peoples at war -- Economies and societies at war -- Barbarism and the Holocaust -- Collaboration and resistance -- 4. Conducting war -- Technology and intelligence -- Alliances and strategy -- Strategic bombing and the U-boat war -- 5. The ebb of Blitzkrieg, 1942-45 -- The changing balance of fortune, 1942-43 -- Success and failure south and east, 1943-44 -- Closing the ring, 1944-45 -- III: Assessment -- 6. The end of the war and after -- Costs and the division of Europe -- Historical debates -- Winning and losing -- IV: Documents.

ISBN

0582326923

LCCN

^^^98039608^

OCLC

• 39633456
• SCSB-11368004

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library